Cases - Septic arthritis and Clostridium septicum: A clue to colon cancer

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1446-1447

  Dylewski, Joe ^a   Luterman, Leonard ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; COLON TUMOR; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KNEE INJURY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHROSCOPY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; PENICILLINS;

EID: 77956943514     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091946     Document Type: Article

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